Government and religion in the Early Elizabethan era

• What key themes are there in the Elizabethan England?

  • government
  • religion
  • economy and society
  • law and order
  • foreign affairs
• What does sovereign mean?

  A person who has supreme authority or power.
• What was the Privy Council?

  A group of 19 men and they advised on Elizabeth on how to run the country.
• What became more influential throughout Elizabeth's reign?

  Parliament
• What did Parliament and Elizabeth have issues over?

  religion, marriage and her monopoly licences.
• What two religions made up Elizabethan Society?

  Protestantism and Catholism
• What happened with religion to make England unstable?

  England had been Roman Catholic for centuries, until the reformation when England switched to Protestantism and in total the official English religion changed a total of 3 times and this caused civil unrest.
• What did Elizabeth change the official religion to?

  Protestantism
• Why did Elizabeth introduce the "Middle Way"?

  She wanted to compromise with the catholics and protestants and if she leaned in favour of one side the country could go into civil unrest and her rule could be challenged.
• What is a puritan?

  Strict Protestants who wanted to get rid of ritual in church services and lead a plain and simple life.
• Who was a direct challenge to Elizabeth's rule throughout her early reign?

  Mary, Queen of Scots